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From the Ted Talk by John Hockenberry: We are all designers

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And I pose this question. An object ibmued with intent — it has power, it's treasure, we're dwran to it. An object dovied of intent — it's random, it's ititavmie, it repels us. It's like a picee of junk mail to be thrown away. This is what we must demand of our lvies, of our objects, of our things, of our circumstances: living with intent. And I have to say that on that score, I have a very unfair advantage over all of you.

And I want to explain it to you now because this is a very special day. Thirty-six years ago at nearly this moment, a 19-year-old boy awoke from a coma to ask a nurse a question, but the nurse was already there with an answer.

Open Cloze


And I pose this question. An object ______ with intent — it has power, it's treasure, we're _____ to it. An object ______ of intent — it's random, it's _________, it repels us. It's like a _____ of junk mail to be thrown away. This is what we must demand of our _____, of our objects, of our things, of our circumstances: living with intent. And I have to say that on that score, I have a very unfair advantage over all of you.

And I want to explain it to you now because this is a very special day. Thirty-six years ago at nearly this moment, a 19-year-old boy awoke from a coma to ask a nurse a question, but the nurse was already there with an answer.

Solution


  1. lives
  2. drawn
  3. imitative
  4. piece
  5. devoid
  6. imbued

Original Text


And I pose this question. An object imbued with intent — it has power, it's treasure, we're drawn to it. An object devoid of intent — it's random, it's imitative, it repels us. It's like a piece of junk mail to be thrown away. This is what we must demand of our lives, of our objects, of our things, of our circumstances: living with intent. And I have to say that on that score, I have a very unfair advantage over all of you.

And I want to explain it to you now because this is a very special day. Thirty-six years ago at nearly this moment, a 19-year-old boy awoke from a coma to ask a nurse a question, but the nurse was already there with an answer.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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bad design 2
eye contact 2
flashy wheels 2
anders breivik 2
completely invisible 2


Important Words


  1. advantage
  2. answer
  3. awoke
  4. boy
  5. coma
  6. day
  7. demand
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  9. drawn
  10. explain
  11. imbued
  12. imitative
  13. intent
  14. junk
  15. lives
  16. living
  17. mail
  18. moment
  19. nurse
  20. object
  21. objects
  22. piece
  23. pose
  24. power
  25. question
  26. random
  27. repels
  28. score
  29. special
  30. thrown
  31. treasure
  32. unfair
  33. years